Utah earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 11 km NW of Howell, Utah

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 11 km NW of Howell, Utah on Tue, Jan 29, 1985, 9:23 AM MST (16:23 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 13 km SSW of Grace, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1985-01-29 16:23:30 UTC
Depth
3.1 km (1.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
41.877° N, 112.532° W
Region
Utah
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.5 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
107°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.63 km NE of Oxford, Idaho · 15209 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.113 km W of Portage, Utah · 15205 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 1.614 km W of Portage, Utah · 15204 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 2.013 km W of Portage, Utah · 15202 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 2.513 km SSW of Grace, Idaho · 15186 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.812 km S of Snowville, Utah · 15166 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 1.5Utah · 15162 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 1.513 km S of Snowville, Utah · 15158 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away

Before

  1. 1.514 km NNW of Howell, Utah · 15213 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 3.012 km NW of Howell, Utah · 15213 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.712 km NNW of Howell, Utah · 15214 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.316 km N of Howell, Utah · 15215 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 1.613 km NNW of Howell, Utah · 15215 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 1.614 km NNW of Howell, Utah · 15216 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.616 km NNW of Howell, Utah · 15216 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 1.63 km WNW of Deweyville, Utah · 15235 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 2.08 km NE of Huntsville, Utah · 15241 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50018845. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:24 PM UTC.